Family | Fabaceae |
Description | Small upright shrub to 1.5m high. There are two subspecies: subsp. rhombifolia and subsp. concolor. The former subsp. has larger leaflets and the plant istelf is also a little larger. Diversity Native Seeds can supply both susbpecies. |
Flowering time | Late winter-early spring |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Dry sclerophyll forest and heath. |
Soil types | Most common on sandstone soils. |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | Sometimes a dominant understorey shrub forming thick stands. Regenerates from basal shoots as well as seed following fire. Nitrogen fixer. Seeds popular with native pigeons. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Both subspecies are attractive shrubs with interesting foliage. Tolerance of severe pruning is useful. |
-economic/functional values | An underutilised species in revegetation projects, it is easy to establish fire direct seeding, grows rapidly and is long lived. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | low |
-waterlogging | low |
-shade | average |
-soil salinity | not known |
-salt spray | probably reasonably high |
-pH | 4-6 |
-minimum temperature | -8 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 80 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | hard seed coat |
-treatment | boiling water 100 degrees for 1 minute |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 5-25 |
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